DC Bloodlines

EDGE

Tom O'Brien

F- GD (10)
A- EX (20)
S- GD (10)
E- RM (30)
R- TY (6)
I- TY (6)
P- TY (6)
H- 70
K- 18
R- TY
P- 0

Powers: Blades IN (40) range 3 areas
Tom's body is now covered with razor sharp blades. They inflict IN edged damage in combat, and can be fired from his body at short range. He is capable of moving them around his body with enough concentration, so he can hug or carry someone with out harming them.

Body Armor GD (10)
Tom's body has toughened up after his transformation, giving him a small measure of body armor.

Talents: none.
Contacts: Steel, Bloodpack.

Personality: Tom was a conscientious son and hard-working, looking after his family. Due to his memory loss, he doesn't know who he is, but his family is there to help him.

Background: Tom O'Brien was a young man doing what he could to help his family. After skipping school to do odd jobs, he finally dropped out to work full-time. His father died at the age of 12, and he took over looking after his mother Mary, sister Katie and brother Petey.

One night after leaving work, he saw what he thought was a man attacking a woman in an alley. He went into make the save, but found out it was the woman attacking the man. That woman turned out to be an alien parasite, and drained Tom of his spinal fluid. Tom was one of few who survived this experience, and found himself changed. Blades grew out from his skin all over his body, and he lost his memory of who he was and everything about his life.

Tom awoke in a pile of dead bodies left by the alien. He thought he had done the killing and ran away. Steel caught up with his friend, but Tom didn't recognize him. After telling Tom what happened, later Petey is caught by the alien. Tom and Steel drive him away.

Real Name: Tom O'Brien
Occupation: workout gym employee
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Metropolis
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: none (was red)
Eyes: white
First appearance: Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2

Costume: Edge has no costume as the blades protruding from his body effectively rip up what he wears. His tattered green pants remain with a barbed wire belt to hold them up; no shirt.


JOE PUBLIC

F- EX (20)
A- EX (20)
S- GD (10)
E- RM (30)
R- GD (10)
I- TY (6)
P- GD (10)
H- 80
K- 26
R- TY
P- 0

Powers: Strength Absorption AM range 3 areas
(points gained can be distributed among any attributes or to body armor)

This power was not fully explained in his brief appearances so far. He is able to draw strength from anybody in close proximity to him. It definitely gives him added strength and resistance. He may be able to gain the powers of who he draws strength from as well. His victims are left so weak they are barely able to stand.

Equipment: throwing stars

Talents: Leadership, Phys. Ed Teacher.
Contacts: Batman, Bloodpack.

Personality: Joe is a teacher that truly cares for his students. He is driven to fight crime and avenge the drug induced death of Tommy Vance.

Background: The man known as Joe Public, a name given to him by Batman, was a phys-ed teacher at Gotham High. Some of his seniors bought some drugs on the street, and one of them died due to a weak heart. This drove him to fight crime.

Joe inadvertantly stopped Batman from catching the drug dealer who sold the goods to his students that he had been tracking. The criminal escaped, and the two met up again when one of the alien parasites snatched up Joe and the crime lord. The alien "juiced" Joe, but he survived and later discovered the ability to draw strength from those around him.

Real Name: unknown
Occupation: Phys-Ed Teacher at Gotham High
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Gotham City
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: blonde
First appearance: Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #1

Costume: Joe wears dark blue fatigues and boots. His shirt has a a gold eagle with a red, white and blue shield in front of it. His leather jacket has the flag on the front and an eagle on the back. In the back shoulders and on the collar of the jacket are throwing stars. He also wears a pair of cool shades and weight lifting gloves.


ARGUS

Nick Kovak

F- EX (20)
A- RM (30)
S- EX (20)
E- RM (30)
R- GD (10)
I- EX (20)
P- GD (10)
H- 100
K- 40
R- GD
P- 0

Powers: X-Ray Vision GD
Thermal Vision RM
UV Vision RM
Energy Detection RM
Radarsense RM
Blending

Equipment: Commando Armor
Body Armor EX
ceramic nunchakas

Talents: Detective/Espionage, Law, Law Enforcement, Negotiations, Guns, Sleight of Hand.
Contacts: Flash, FBI.

Personality: Nick is a dedicated undercover agent, willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. At times he can lose sight of the long term goal and take matters into his own hands.

Background: Nick Kovak was the name he used to infiltrate the mob as an undercover FBI agent. They found him out, and he would've been killed after being called to meet in an abandoned train station. However, fate intervened as one of the alien parasites attacked and killed the would be mob leader. Nick didn't quite get awhile though. He too was attacked but survived, and later discovered his powers. He could see infrared images and the electro-magnetic spectrum. Ultraviolet, radar and microwaves werealso viewable. His speed and strength were enhanced at least three-fold, and by filtering light waves through his body he became transparent while in the dark. He made up a costume with an FBI issue commando armor. He carries numchuks, and wears leather body armor with teflon/fiberglas trim and a kevlar weave.

Taking the name Argus, he went after the mob. First he believed the monsters to be from the mob. After finding out this was not the case, he had a brief fight with one of them. Discovering some sawdust at the scene, he went to an abandoned slaughterhouse where two of the creatures were staying. The Flash's girlfriend was being held there, and the two of them drove off the aliens after the hideout went up in flames.

Real Name: unknown, Nick Kovak is his cover name
Occupation: FBI agent
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: Keystone City
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: black
Eyes: blue
First appearance: Flash Annual #6

Costume: Nick wears a special FBI commando armor, colored in dark purple. It provides leather body armor with kevlar weave, and teflon/fiberglas trimmed mask, gloves and shoulder guard.


ANIMA

Courtney Mason

F- EX (20)
A- EX (20)
S- RM (30)
E- IN (40)
R- TY (6)
I- TY (6)
P- TY (6)
H- 110
K- 18
R- PR
P- 0

Powers: Life Drain AM
Anima can drain off life energy at a distance up to three areas. She can easily kill with this attack if she loses control. This power is always on, thus she cannot get close to people. It also stores energy for later use when needed. With this excess energy, she can use it to fly, fire energy blasts, create energy armor or pump it into a sentient energy creature named Animus that she can call forth which is driven by rage. The actual limit of her energy absorption is unknown, and if enough power is available or sent to her she can go above AM rank. At least 14 different heroes sent her power to channel into Animus at one time.

Flight (rank varies based on amount of energy absorbed)
Energy Blast (rank varies based on amount of energy absorbed)
Energy Armor (rank varies based on amount of energy absorbed)
this armor also covers her arms with spiked gloves she can inflict edged damage with

ANIMUS

Stats for Animus are completely up to the judge depending on how much power Anima has to give it. Animus always acts in her defense and does what she says, but also has a mind of its own. Animus has flight and growth, able to grow hundreds of feet tall with enough power. He is tall enough to have a +1CS to hit him. Animus also has claws to attack with, along with great speed and strength. It's upper limits are unknown. He appears as a giant red monster.

Talents: none.
Contacts: New Titans, Bloodpack.

Personality: Courtney lost her memory after her transformation, but now knows who her family is. She went away so as not to harm them with her powers.

Background: After running away from home, she was kidnapped by cult followers who unbeknownst to them were being led by one of the alien parasites. She survived the attack, and later developed her powers. The Titans were in town after saving a research station. After a brief encounter with Pantha, she instinctively went home. After almost harming her family with her life draining powers, she left in search of who did this to her. Anima found the cult worshippers and the aliens, and soon was involved in battle with them when the Titans arrived. She killed the cult leader and forced the two aliens to retreat.

Real Name: Courtney Mason
Occupation: none
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Place of Birth: New Orleans
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: blonde
Eyes: green
First appearance: New Titans Annual #9

Costume: orange shirt, blue tattered jacket with no sleeves, green and yellow checkered mini skirt, sneakers.


MYRIAD

F- RM (30)
A- RM (30)
S- GD (10)
E- RM (30)
R- EX (20)
I- RM (30)
P- RM (30)
H- 100
K- 80
R- PR
P- 0

Powers: Mental Duplication- Merge AM (50) (Limit: touch only) Myriad has the ability to gain a target's personality, memories and talents on contact, permanently. She can continue to gain abilities and skills with each new mind she absorbs.

The victim is stunned when this happens, and is out for a number of minutes equal to Myriad's current Psyche rank. Myriad will feel any pain the host feels if something happens to it. Myriad's touch will sever the link. She can also command the victim to do anything she wants.

Ability Boost
this power is linked to Mental Duplication. When Myriad's absorbs a person's mind, she does so permanently. The victim's Psyche rank number is added to Myriad's current Psyche.

Equipment: Myriad had various guns and explosives on her person at last sighting.
Floater Belt: GD Flight

Weakness: Psychological (Multiple Personality)
Periodically the Judge can call for a Psyche feat roll to see if Myriad is in charge of her own mind. Failure means one of the absorbed personalities takes over, confusing her.

Talents: Pick Pocket, Street Smarts, Demolitions, Martial Arts A, C, D, E, F, Guns, Knives.
Resist Domination (this is always at +1CS of Myriad's Psyche rank, increasing as her Psyche does).

Personality: Myriad can still maintain contact with her original mind, but it is hard. She seems on a mission, determined to live her own life. At times, one of her other personalities and sets of memories comes throught, leaving her confused and disoriented.

Background: Sasha Green was a sparring partner for Lex Luthor. She sealed her own fate after beating him in a fight and embarrasing him. Luthor had her killed.

She was dumped and her body was left in a land fill. There, an alien parasite fed on her spinal juices, thus triggering her meta-gene and bringing her back to life.

She had no memories of her previous life. Stumbling into an athletic clubhouse, she showered up and was met by Muriel Rabinovitch. When Muries touched her shoulder, Sasha absorbed her memories and personality. Now she knew who she was, and put on her clothes and left.

Green wrecked her car getting away from a friend of Muriel's that knew it wasn't her. Green stopped in the middle of a gang fight, and a thug tried to use her for a shield. She absorbed his mind, then his pain when he was shot. Wendell Williams was released from the link by her touch again, then he died.

Green turned up outside Lexcorp with a gun, confused about who she was. Williams' mind was in control at the time, and he was in a woman's body. Luthor fired the building's security weapons at her so she couldn't finger him as her killer, but the Cyborg Superman saved her.

They took her inside to examine and found out she was a meta-human and had the same marks on her neck as other recent victims had. Luthor set off an explosion in the building to keep Superman from finding out the truth. He had his assassin, Jillian Simmons take Green away in a helicopter to kill her.

Green absorbed Simmons' mind and ordered her to shoot herself. She took Simmons' floater belt and escaped the crashing chopper. Everyone belived her dead, which she is but not the way they thought.

Myriad helped the other Bloodpack members against the Parsites. She teamed briefly with the Hitman.

Real Name: Sasha Green (absorbed Muriel Rabinovitch- 53 year-old mother of four; Wendell Williams- gang member; Jillian Simmons- assassin).
Occupation: none
Legal Status: legally dead in the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: brown
Eyes: blank
First appearance: Superman Annual #5

Costume: purple full-length jump suit with gloves, brown boots, various holsters and bags to carry things.


NIGHTBLADE

Nik Mayak
contributor: David Fryer

F- EX (20)
A- EX (20)
S- GD (10)
E- RM (30)
R- TY (6)
I- GD (10)
P- GD (10)
H- 80
K- 26
R- TY
P- 10

Powers: Regeneration RM
with a Red feat roll, Nightblade can regrow lost limbs.

Equipment: Knives.
belt to carry knives in

Talents: Thrown Weapons, Martial Arts I, Pilot.
Contacts: Bloodpack, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan).

Personality: driven to destroy the aliens that killed his family and gave him his powers. He is a loner, but will accept help if he is involved as well.

Background: Nik Mayak's father was a race car driver named Sonny. His dad was driven to make a comeback to the sport, but that drive cost him his life and his son's legs. Sonny wrecked the car he was driving into a tree, killing himself and parlyzing his son from the waist down.

The alien parasites attacked the hospital Nik was in. They fed on his spinal juices, but as with others he was not killed and gained superpowers. Nik gained Regeneration, and his legs were completely healed.

Nik was coached by his uncle in the hospital to never give up. Nik trained his upper body to perfection, and practiced throwing things constantly. Darts, garbage, whatever he could throw.

Upon gaining the use of his legs back, he went home to discover his mother and sister killed by the aliens. Green Lantern helped him get away from some transformed people in the neighborhood, and they joined forces.

Nightblade turned down GL's offer to team up with him, prefering to work alone and prove himself. Nightblade fought with the other New Blood heroes and most of Earth's other heroes against the alien parasites and destroyed them.

Nightblade's regeneration power has regrown his legs when they were ripped off his body, regrown his right arm and healed a broken neck.

Real Name: Nik Mayak
Occupation: none
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
First appearance: Green Lantern Annual #2

Costume: black bodysuit with sleeves cut out, blue headband, throwing gloves, brown belt with knife pouches.


BALLISTIC

Kelvin Mao
contributor: David Fryer

F- RM (30)
A- EX (20)
S- EX (20)
E- RM (30)
R- GD (10)
I- GD (10)
P- GD (10)
H- 100
K- 30
R- TY
P- 0

Powers: Armor Skin- Rigid Plates IN (40)
Hyper-Hearing EX
Thermal Vision

Equipment: virtually any type of military hardware the GM allows.

Talents: Military, Law Enforcement, Guns, Martial Arts B, Demolitions, Kung-Fu.
Contacts: Bloodpack, Batman (Azrael).

Personality: Kelvin has taken on a vigilante type attitude, wanting to do good but also wanting paid. Mostly to buy the hardware he needs.

Background: Kelvin Mao was always attacked by a fellow member of Gotham's tactical squad. The alien parasites that have been making attacks around the U.S. were cornered by the SWAT team. All 10 men died including Mao. But Mao revived and despite a snapped spine recovered. He now had pink, armor plate like skin, with small tusks protruding from below his bottom lip. He now had high resistance to damage, night vision and hyper-hearing.

Ballistic used an abandoned subway terminus as his base and began raiding police facilities for weapons and equipment.

He turned on the Bat-Signal so he could meet Batman and team-up. They did and set a trap for the parasite. They believed it destroyed in the explosion, but it was not. Ballistic was one of only 8 New Blood heroes who answered the President's call and volunteered to fight the aliens.

Real Name: Kelvin Mao
Occupation: former Gotham SWAT Team
Legal Status: legal citizen of the U.S.A. with no criminal record
Marital Status: Single
Group Affiliation: Bloodpack ("the New Blood")
Hair: black
Eyes: white
First appearance: Batman Annual #17


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